Lee Harris

A former jailmate of Lee Harris testified Thursday that Harris admitted to him that he had shot a woman in the head when the woman, who had been forced to withdraw cash from an instant teller machine, refused his request for sex. David Toles, 26, a convicted felon who testified for prosecutors, said Harris, 36, told him he had shot a woman whom he and several friends had abducted off the street. Toles said Harris made the statements as they played cards in the Cook County Jail.

Rachel Harris wants to become a pediatric endocrinologist, but she might want to consider a career in finance if her college payment plan succeeds. Eager to attend the University of Notre Dame, the 17-year-old from Muskegon Township, Mich., launched a Web site, http://iwanttogotonotredame.com, that asks for donations to help her pay the $46,000 tuition, room and board. As of Thursday she had received about 400 e-mails and her site had been visited about 37,000 times, said...

Vandals apparently used a ball bearing to smash a 4-by-4 window late Friday or early Saturday at Psychic Astrology by Lee Harris, 4880 Euclid Ave., police said. The window would cost an estimated $450 to replace, they said.

Cynthia Mary Skovmose, age 42, of Oak Forest, IL, died of colon cancer, January 10, 2009, at the University of Chicago Hospital. She was born February 14, 1966. She leaves behind her loving partner, Tom Adams of Midlothian, IL; she was preceded in death by her father John Skovmose; her grandparents, Thoger and Anine Iversen and Kristian and Regmor Skovmose; she is survived by mother, Ann Iversen of Oak Forest, IL; her sisters, Dana (Darrell) Moeller of Greeley, CO and Anna Skovmose...

Lake County sheriff's police were investigating the theft of an air conditioner compressor worth $2,500 from outside a home in an unincorporated area near Mundelein during the weekend. Reports said the compressor was taken from the home of Lee Harris of 26475 N. Pheasant Rd.

Jerome Harris was not a world traveler but he helped develop leather products that have become ubiquitous in every corner of the globe, including the leather luggage tag, the attache case and the Dopp kit, a small leather case containing a traveler's essential toiletries. His product development skills were borne of an instinct for marketing, according to his son, Lee Harris. "He was able to perceive a need and to match that need to production," his son said. Mr. Harris, 86, a resident of the...

A former police informant whose assistance in an intensive Gold Coast murder investigation ended when he was charged with the killing was sentenced Monday to 90 years in prison. Lee Harris, 36, appeared before Cook County Circuit Judge John Crilly, who sentenced him to 60 years in prison for the murder of Dana Feitler, 24, and a consecutive 30-year term for aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery for forcing Feitler to an automatic teller machine and making her withdraw money. "We were very...

Vandals apparently used a ball bearing to smash a 4-by-4 window late Friday or early Saturday at Psychic Astrology by Lee Harris, 4880 Euclid Ave., police said. The window would cost an estimated $450 to replace, they said.

An ex-convict was indicted Wednesday in the murder of Dana Feitler. A Cook County grand jury also indicted Lee Harris, 34, on charges of armed robbery, aggravated kidnaping and aggravated unlawful restraint stemming from the Gold Coast shooting, according to Assistant State's Atty. Scott Nelson. Harris has admitted to police that he and three other men abducted and robbed Feitler, but Harris has said he ran when one of the other men started shooting, Nelson said. Feitler, 24, a...

Police on Monday filed 24 charges against a Country Club Hills man after he led officers on a chase through the city and on Interstate Highway 80. Lee Harris, 32, of the 3700 block of West 167th Street, was charged with illegal transportation of alcohol, improper lane usage, attempting to flee an officer, failure to signal and driving with a suspended license. He also was charged with four counts of aggravated battery for allegedly hitting two officers and two counts of...

A Cook County Circuit Court jury on Friday found Lee Harris, 36, guilty of murder, armed robbery and aggravated kidnapping charges in the abduction and fatal shooting of Dana Feitler. Harris, who watched the Feitler family embrace after the verdict, loosened his tie but otherwise showed little emotion. The verdict came after four hours of deliberation in the courtroom of Judge John Crilly. Prosecutors Scott Nelson and Anthony Calabrese said Harris and several other men had abducted Feitler...

Lee Harris Jr., 62, former owner of a Waukegan blacktop company, died Monday in Pennsylvania. He was born in Montgomery, Ala., and lived in Waukegan before moving to North Wales, Pa., four years ago. He is survived by his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Della Smith and Deloris Boswell; four sons, Lee III, Will, Anthony and Arthur; three sisters; and 19 grandchildren. Visitation will be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evening in Burnett-Dane Funeral Home, 120 W. Park Ave., Libertyville. Services will be at noon Saturday...

Police on Monday filed 24 charges against a Country Club Hills man after he led officers on a chase through the city and on Interstate Highway 80. Lee Harris, 32, of the 3700 block of West 167th Street, was charged with illegal transportation of alcohol, improper lane usage, attempting to flee an officer, failure to signal and driving with a suspended license. He also was charged with four counts of aggravated battery for allegedly hitting two officers and two counts of...

The Moraine Valley Community College Board ignited more controversy Saturday when it appointed a former trustee to fill a board vacancy. Trustee Patricia Fleming criticized the appointment of Lee Harris because he applied only last Wednesday, which was two days after Burton Odelson succeeded Fleming as board chairman and weeks after she asked for candidates for the vacancy. Only Fleming dissented on the 5-1 vote for Harris, a trustee from 1979 until 1989, when he did not seek re-election.

In his final statement to authorities after his arrest, Lee Harris said he had tried to save robbery and kidnap victim Dana Feitler by telling one of her abductors that he was her friend, a prosecutor testified in Harris` murder trial Wednesday. Assistant State's Atty. Cheryl Cesario recounted a statement Harris gave to her and police on Oct. 27, 1989. She told jurors that Harris, 36, said he had joined three other men as they walked with Feitler, 24, in hopes of getting some...

Lake County sheriff's police were investigating the theft of an air conditioner compressor worth $2,500 from outside a home in an unincorporated area near Mundelein during the weekend. Reports said the compressor was taken from the home of Lee Harris of 26475 N. Pheasant Rd.

Rachel Harris wants to become a pediatric endocrinologist, but she might want to consider a career in finance if her college payment plan succeeds. Eager to attend the University of Notre Dame, the 17-year-old from Muskegon Township, Mich., launched a Web site, http://iwanttogotonotredame.com, that asks for donations to help her pay the $46,000 tuition, room and board. As of Thursday she had received about 400 e-mails and her site had been visited about 37,000 times, said...

A former police informant whose assistance in an intensive Gold Coast murder investigation ended when he was charged with the killing was sentenced Monday to 90 years in prison. Lee Harris, 36, appeared before Cook County Circuit Judge John Crilly, who sentenced him to 60 years in prison for the murder of Dana Feitler, 24, and a consecutive 30-year term for aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery for forcing Feitler to an automatic teller machine and making her withdraw money. "We were very...

Jerome Harris was not a world traveler but he helped develop leather products that have become ubiquitous in every corner of the globe, including the leather luggage tag, the attache case and the Dopp kit, a small leather case containing a traveler's essential toiletries. His product development skills were borne of an instinct for marketing, according to his son, Lee Harris. "He was able to perceive a need and to match that need to production," his son said. Mr. Harris, 86, a resident of the...